half-formed
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The concepts feel half-formed at best, disconnected from Joan/Jo’s story.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 13, 2026
He also told Ball he may go back into the recording studio to work on "some things that are half-formed or were never finished".
From BBC ● Feb. 25, 2026
We see some guileless part of ourselves within him — a half-formed reflection in his goldfish Dorothy’s fishbowl that’s been crusted over by the steady gnawing of time.
From Salon ● Feb. 3, 2024
These half-formed thoughts clutter slides, which attempt to portray a mind-numbing amount of information coherently.
From Slate ● Feb. 8, 2023
Several times he wet his lips to speak and each time the word remained half-formed and silent in his mouth.
From "The Heart is a Lonely Hunter" by Carson McCullers
